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BALING PRESS. No. 434,762. Patented Aug. 19, 1890.

'mrilllll UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. BROVN AND ALBERT A. GEHRT, OF QU'INOY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS 'lO THE COLLINS PLOV COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

f SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,762, dated August 19, 1890.

Application illerl December 16, 1889. Serial No. 333,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 12 represents the main ground sill, connect- Be it known that we, JOHN W. BROWN and ing the power to the baling portion of the ALBERT A. GEHRT, both of Quincy, in the press, as usual, and over which the animals county of Adams and State of Illinois, have step in their circuitous route or travel. The 55 5 invented a certain new and useful Improvepitman 10 moves over and in close proximity ment in Ealing-Presses, of which the followto the sill l2.

ing is a full, clear, and exact descriptiomref- 13 represents a curved rib or track on the erence being had to the accompanying drawinner end of the power-head or casting 6, and ings, forming part of this speoilication. against which the rollers 5 alternately bear 6o [o Our invention relates to certain improveas the lever or sweep moves around the cirments 1n presses for baling hay, straw, excelcuit.

sior, dec.; and our invention consists in fea- The operation is as follows: 'The sweep or tures of novelty hereinafter fully described, lever being moved in the direction indicated and pointed out in the claims. by the arrow in Fig. I, one of the rolle'rs 5 65 15 The object of our invention is to construct comes against the raised track or rib 13 and an inexpensive and effective power device forces the power-head or casting around in for baling-presses. the direction indicated by the arrow A, Fig.

Figure I is a top or plan view illustrative I. This causes the forward movement of the of our invention. Fig. II is a similar view pitrnan (and consequently, of course, the for- 7o zo showing the parts in the position they occupy ward movement of the traverser) until the when the traverser has been forced to its parts reach the position shown in Fig. II. The forward position, the parts being shown in roller 5 now leaves the raised track 13, and Fig. I inthe position they occupy when the the power'head lor casting with the pitman traverser is in its outer position. Fig. III is a rebound back in the direction indicated by 75 z5 side elevation illustrating the parts in the po the dotted arrow, Fig. II, to their original sition shown in Fig. II. Fig. IV is a side eleposition, or that shown in Fig. Iv The movevation of the power-head or casting. ment of the sweep or lever continuing brings Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the the next roller 5 against the track 13, and the lever or sweep of the press. parts are again forced forward, two forward 8o 3o 2 represents a sweep-head or casting havmovements of the pitman and traverser being ing laterally-extending arms 3 and mounted thus obtained at each revolution of the sweep loosely on arod or shaft 4. On the outer ends or lever. By using the slot 8 in the outer end of the arms 3 friction-rollers 5 are mounted. of the power-head or casting the roller or The sweep is united to the sweep-head by pin 9 between the outer end of the pitman 85 35 .means of bolts and nuts, as shown. and the head is permitted to approach the 6 represents a power-head or casting mountpivot of the poweirhead as the traverser moves ed on a shaft or rod 7 atone side of the iirstforward and as the density of the material named shaft or rod. being pressed increases, thus converting speed 8 represents a curved slot in the outer endl into power. This is also facilitated by lnount- 9o 4o of the head or casting 6, in which fits a roller ing the power-head and sweep-head on sepaor pin 9, that connects the outer end of the rate pivots. By providing the raised track pitman 10 to the head or casting 6. The pit- 13 on the power-head the sweep or cross-head man 10 is connected at its inner end to the is allowed to engage the power-head and be plunger or follower (not shown) of the press. disengaged therefrom wit-hout the point of 95 45 The pitman is jointed at 11. The slot 8 is bearing between the sweep-head and powerpreferably made in the arc of a circle, as head traveling to the end of the latter, thus shown in Fig. I. The outer end of the pitincreasing the amount of travel of the travman from the joint 11 to the roller or pin 9 erser without decreasing the power of the is preferably made in two parts, as shown in press as when the power is required the point 10o 5o Fig. III, one part extending over the head 6 of bearing between the outer end of the pitand the other under it. man and the power-head is very close to the point of bearing between the sweep-head and the power-head, and in addition to this advantage, arising from the use of the raised track 13, there is that of being enabled to connect the pitman to the power in a much l and a pin working in the slot and by which the pitrnan is connected to the power-head, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a pitman, a powerhead having a curved slot at its outer end and a curved track at its inner end, a sweep having a cross-head provided with rollers engaging said track, separate pivots for the powerhead and the crosshead,rand a pin working in the slot and by which the pitman is connected to the power-head, substantially as described.

JOHN W. BROWN. ALBERT A. GEI-IRT. In presence of- WILLIAM H. GOVERT, WILLIAM N. BROWN. 

